New Delhi: In an latest development in the ongoing probe into the manufacture and sale of counterfeit drugs, Delhi Police has busted a printing unit allegedly involved in supplying packaging material for spurious drugs and fake cosmetic products.
Two more accused have been arrested in the case, an official said.
Earlier, three accused — Shree Ram, Gaurav Bhagat and Pramod Kumar Gupta — had been arrested for their alleged role in the manufacture and sale of spurious medicines.
During further investigation, the involvement of a printing unit supplying wrappers and packaging material for fake drugs and cosmetic products came to light, following which two more accused were arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Aditya Gautam said.
The accused arrested later were identified as Anil Singh Rawat (46), a resident of Burari, and Rahul Agarwal (31), a resident of Nangli Mor, Delhi, PTI reported.
Rawat allegedly ran a printing press at Rama Road here, from where printed wrapping boxes were supplied to co-accused Shree Ram for use in manufacturing and selling spurious medicines and ointments, police said.
A raid conducted at the printing press led to the recovery of two dye frames used for printing wrapper boxes of an ointment, he added.
Agarwal allegedly placed orders for printed wrapping boxes for spurious medicines from the Rama Road-based printing unit on the directions of Shree Ram, the police said.
Last week, Medical Dialogues team reported the arrest of Pramod Kumar Gupta, alleged to be the mastermind of the racket, from Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station.
Gupta was accused of running an illegal manufacturing unit that produced spurious Betnovate-C ointment and fake cosmetic products, including Fair and Lovely and Veet creams.
Police also found that Gupta was involved in a 2006 case under the Copyright Act registered at the Sadar Bazar police station